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Why did Big Ben go silent?
2017 renovation On 21 August 2017, Big Ben’s chimes were silenced for four years to allow essential restoration work to be carried out on the tower. Simply so, What is going on with Big Ben? Big Ben will chime hourly again from early next year…
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Why did they build Big Ben?
Elizabeth Tower, originally referred to as the Clock Tower, but more popularly known as Big Ben, was raised as a part of Charles Barry’s design for a new Palace of Westminster, after the old palace was largely destroyed by fire on 16 October 1834. Simply…